Effect of fish oil on mRNA concentrations of genes involved in the NLRP3 inflammasome in the liver and skeletal muscle of lactating sows.

<p>Relative mRNA concentrations genes involved in the NOD-like receptor P3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in the liver (A) and the skeletal muscle (B) of lactating sows with or without fish oil supplementation on day 20 of lactation. Filled circles (grey = control group, black = fish oil group) represent individual data for each animal. Black lines represent means of individual data for each group (n = 6–10 sows per group). The mean of the control group is set to 1. The mean of the fish oil group is expressed as fold of the control group and numerically indicated next to the black line. Superscript symbol indicates difference from control group (*p<0.05). Abbreviations: CASP1, caspase 1, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; IL1B, interleukin 1, beta; NLRP3, NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3; PYCARD, PYD and CARD domain containing.